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VEGETABLE CUTTER.

No. 375,806. Patented-Jan. 3, 1888.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE,

WILLIAM DOERING, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

VEGETABLE-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 375,806, dated January3, 1888.

Application filed June 12, 1856.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM Donamc, of Kansas Oity,in the countyofJackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Vegetable-Cutters, of which thefollowing is aspecification.

My invention relates to vegetable cutting or slicing machines; and theimprovements consist in various features and details of construction,hereinafter explained, whereby the machine is made simple and cheap.

In the accon'ipanying drawings, Figure l is a front view of my improvedcutter; Fig. 2, a section on the line 00 x of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, asectionalView showing the arrangement of gearing by which the machine isoperated; Fig. 4, a top plan view of the rotating knives or cutters;Fig. 5, a View of the frame upon which the knives are secured; Fig. 6,an enlarged view of the follower and follower rod, and Figs. 7 and 8detail views.

Aindicates the framing of the machine, provided with suitable cross barsor beams, a, at its top for supporting the mechanism.

0 0 indicate bearings for a shaft, D, which carries a gear-wheel, b, atits inner end, and is provided at its outer end with a handle, E, bywhich to turn it. Gear-wheel Z) meshes with and gives motion to asecondgenrwheel, c, secured on an uprightshaft, (Z, which is support-ed in asuitable bearing in frame A.

F indicates a cutting wheel or disk, the hub e of which is bored to fitand is keyed orotherwise secured upon the upper end of shaft (1.Supported over the cutting-wheel,by means of a yoke or crossrod, G, orlike means, is abox or receptacle, H,which receives the vegetable to becut, the rear or outer wall of said box being curved to conform moreclosely to the contour of the wheel or disk, and to bring the vegetablewholly within the circumference thereof. Gross rod or yoke G (the endsof which are secured to frame A, as shown in Fig. 1) is secured to box Hby means'of bolts 5 fsliding in slotsf in said box, for the purposeofpermitting vertical adj ustrncnt of box H on cross-rod G. Box H isfurthersupported by means of adjustable bolts 9 9, one end of each ofwhich is secured to the box, near the bottom thereof, the other endbeing screw-threaded and passing through a hole in a beam of the SerialNo. 204.999.

frame A,as shown in Fig. 1. Nuts g'g,screwed upon the bolts both aboveand below said beam, as shown in Fig. 1, serve to secure the bolts tothe beam, and also permit vertical adjustment of the bolts and the boxH.

J indicates a follower for pressing upon the vegetable being cut, itsunder face being made concave, as shown in Fig. 6, to conform moreclosely to the shape of the vegetable and to center the same under thefollower.

K indicates the follower-rod to which the follower is secured, and whichextends from the follower up through the box H, laterally over the topthereof, and down to a point within easy reach of the operator, as shownin Fig. 2, where it is furnished with a handle, K, by which to operateit. Rod K is made eylindrical in its upper and lower portionsthroughout, and made flat or angular between said cylindrical portions,for a purpose presently explained.

The rod K passes through and is guided and sustained by eyebolts L, oneof which has its eye formed with lateral enlargements, as shown in Fig.6, to receive the flattened or angular portion of the rod. The purposeof this construction is to allow the follower to be raised up and turnedaway from the box 1-1 when it is desired to put vegetables therein, butto prevent such turning aside when the follower is lowered to bear uponthe vegetable in the box. The flattened or angular portion is alwayswithin the angular eye while the follower 1's in working position, andthe lower cylindrical portion is brought into said eye by raising thefollower and rod, as above explained.

M indicates a wheel or disk having arms or spokes N, extending from thehub c to the outer rim, as shown in Fig. 5. The arms or spokes N aremade wider or thicker at some parts than at others, as shown at k inFig. 5.

Knives 0, made in the form shown in Fig. 4., and furnished 011 theirunder faces with perforated ears h, separated to pass down on oppositesides of the arms N, are secured upon the arms by means of bolts,screws, or pins i t, passing through the armsNand ears h, as in Fig. 7.The holes j, made in the arms N to receive the bolts or pins i, areelongated, as in Fig. 8, to permit adjustment of the blades.

It is of course understood that there are (No model.)

means for securing the knives at each part k of arms N, several knivesbeing comprisedin the revolving cutter, as shown in Fig. 4.

The revolving cutter is made adjustable vertically on its shaft, and maybe retained in any desired position by means of aset-screw, n, as shownin Fig. 2.

The machine being thus constructed operates as follows: The vegetable tobe cut is placed in the box H, the lower edge of which is furnished witha metal frame having its inner edge sharpened for the revolvingcutterblades to work against, or in conjunction with, in case of toughskin or particles being caught. The follower-rod being raised to bringits round portion into the elongated eye,and the follower being turnedaside, the vegetable to be sliced is put into box H, the rod is thenturned to bring the follower overthe box H, and is then lowered, thusbringing the flattened portion of said rod in the elongated eye of boltL, securing it against turning, and at the same time bringing theconcave follower down upon the vegetable. Afterthese preparations aremade, the handle or crank E being turned, causes gear I) to revolve,motion being thus imparted to gear a, which in turn revolves therevolving cutter, as previously explained, the vegetable being pressedupon the cutter by forcing down the handle K.

This construction forms a cheap and simple machine, not easily thrownout of adjustment, and adapted for general use.

box, a supporting-rod for the follower, made cylindrical through aportion of its length and angular in other portions, and guides oreyebolts for sustaining the rod, one having an elongated eye to receivethe angular part of the rod. r

2. In combination with frame A, wheel or cutter F, and gearing forrotating the same, cross-rod G, box H, provided with slots f,clamping-boltsf, and upright bolts 99, passing through frame A andprovided with nuts. 3. In combination with wheel I having arms N, thelatter provided with elongated horizontaljslots j, knives 0, providedwith ears h, and bolts 2, passing through the ears and slots,substantially as shown,whereby the blades may be adjusted horizontallyto increase or decrease the thickness of the cut.

WILLIAM DOER-ING.

Witnesses:

L. O. HERRING, E. L. RIVERS.

